aigil
the archer : northumbrian whalebone box : layers: father of william tell
story : 'In the Thidreks saga, Egil acts as a masterly archer, once he is
forced by king Nidung to shoot an apple from the head of his son. He readies
two arrows, but succeeds with the first one. Asked by the king what the
second arrow was for, he said that had he killed his son with his first
arrow, he would have shot the king with the second one.' —source
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